Vicars' Vaudeville

I focus lessons heavily on music theory and the ability to play music with friends and family. It’s important to me that lessons feel easy and enjoyable every step of the way.

Right now, I teach exclusively online. It helps me keep my prices as low as possible. I'm always willing to offer free lessons until the student feels comfortable with the online learning format.

916-896-8073.

[email protected].

My goodness.

What don't I love about teaching music? This might be a bit of a ramble. But it's fully sincere.

I adore every part of teaching music. This is the best employment I can imagine for myself. I would do this for free if I could survive. I'm always happy to teach a few free lessons.

I grew up in a deaf family. ASL is my first language. Both my parents are sign-language professors and operate the online ASL dictionary http://lifeprint.com. Music wasn’t something I had much access to.

I remember wanting to play music so badly. But, was tone-deaf and had no proper musical understanding. I remember feeling jealous of my friends who came from musical families. It was very frustrating.

In high school, my wonderful parents gifted me an Ibanez acoustic steel-string guitar with heavy gauged strings for my 16th birthday. It destroyed my fingers. Playing sounded bad and hurt badly. Progress went very slowly.

Thankfully, my family didn’t hear how awful I was and I could always practice freely. I sounded bad for a long time. I learned the hard way.

I am so grateful for having a supportive family. They didn't understand why I wanted to learn music, but their support made all the difference.

In High School, I took every band, guitar, choir, and theatre class available. I checked out every music book in the library, and I bought every cheap thrift store instrument I could afford.

Currently, I own/play about 30-40 different instruments.

Honestly, I owe nearly all my understanding of music to Music Theory. That's when everything finally started to make sense.

I took a music theory class in my first year of college. It changed my life. My best advice to new musicians is to learn music theory as soon as you can. I wish I started earlier.

Music is a beautifully simple language and most people make it harder than it needs to be. I firmly believe music should be accessible to everyone. If you can count to 8, you can play music.

Practicing the simple patterns behind music helped me feel finally feel safe writing my own songs and playing music with others. I love to share that same feeling with everyone I can.

In addition to teaching music, I worked as a 1 on 1 tutor providing behavioral therapy for nonvocal children on the autism spectrum for about 10 years. I structure the core of my lessons similarly to ABA therapy teaching tactics. I do my best to break down music theory into a series of easy-to-remember behaviors. Every student learns differently. I work to honor each student's individual learning style and adjust lessons to be as enjoyable and reinforcing as possible.

If you want a few free lessons for you or anyone you know, please contact me.

My number is 916-896-8073.

Email is [email protected].